Shooting apparatus.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EEEDEET DIcKINSoN' AND EEGINALD YOUNG DIcKINsoN, 'or LoNDoN, ENenaND, AssreNoES, DY DIEEcT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, Aor oNE-EALE To ANDREW JACKSON STONE, YoEK, N. Y.

To all 'whom t may concern: I

Beit known that we, HERBERT DI'cmNsoN' and REGINLD YOUNG DIoKINsoN, of Lon# fication.

This invention relates to .improvements in shooting apparatus and has particularl reference to 'apparatusfor use. in -shooting'- matches which strike upon any roughened galleries.

`The invention consists broadlyin-providing the nose ofthe bullet, slug or other projectile with an inflammable composition and providing a target with a surface which when the inammable nose of the bullet '1m-v pinges upon itoperates to-ignite the inflammable nose and thus provide certain means whereby thel position of the hit can be in'- stantly and accurately observed. The target may conveniently consist of' a ycinematograph screen in which case the objects to be l fired at would bethe images moving on the screen. The' target-may however take other forms solong as its surface or surfaces is or are so coated as to insure the ignitipn ofthe nose of the projectilewhen the latter impingesuponi.v j

In the accompanying'drawingslwe have illustrated by way of example forms'of the projectiles we propose to employ, Figure-1 being a sectional view! to 'anenlarged scale of a cartridge such as is employed :in -aV 4Winchester rifle, and Fig. 2'is a similar view of la slug such` as is used in an air gun. Fig.. 3 is a plan View of the target, and Fig. v.

' l4 is a sectional view taken on the line w`--b "is commonly used in the manufacture of;

In some cases where greater lllluminatlon y1s desired, we first 1n of Fig. 3. These protectiles are of ordinary form, but the eXtreme tips of .the projectiles are vbored out as at 1 and are lilled or tipped witha composition indicated at 2 such, las

Y household 'matches troduce into the recess behind the match head composition aforesaid a small vquanl tity of a quick firing and highly illuminal tive pyrotechnic compound 3 ,or apowder such as magnesium could be added to and incorporated with the matchv composition aforesaid. The constituents of the match `'SHocTINc APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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0E LoNDoN, ENGLANp, AND ONE-HALE To AL E. WooDs, or NEW- 'it may takewill be painted with thecomj positlon whichis usually applied to form the striking surface ofthe matchbox but 'Where the composition is of the phosphorous character such as is used for wax Vestas or 1. vIn Shooting apparatus a-projectile pro- 'l vided with a recess in its nose containing) a pyrotechnic composltlon and said recess ecomposition which automatically ignites n contact With'the specially` coated surface of a target.

2. In shooting apparatus a target coated 'With' a complemental spark chemical, a projectile including its complemental nose, a longitudinally disposed recess in Said projectile adjacent said nose, av pyrotechnic vcomposition. inserted in said recess, a com- 'plemental/ Hash chemical adapted to cover said nose and recess, whereby an initial spark and instantaneous flash is produced when said projectile strikes said target, substantially as described. 1

v v3. In shooting apparatus, a projectile in-4 cluding its nose, a pyrotechnic composition embedded in said nose, a safety match composition covering said pyrotechnic composi- 5 tion which automatically ignites upon contact with the surface of a target said surface being coated withv va complemental spark composition.

Inv testimony vwhereof we aiix our signatures in presenceof two witnesses.

f HERBERT DIGKINSON REGINLD YOUNG DICKINSON.

Witnesses O. J. WORTH,

MINUMs.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915. applicati@ nieu my 21, 1am. seriaiNo. 840,083.

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